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August 12, 2007

Without a Doubt, "K" is for Knitting

When I was very little and would read a story that had someone knitting in it, i.e., Five Little Peppers and How They Grew or Mary Poppins, my heart would just ache with the desire to learn to knit myself. When I was about seven, an aunt took mercy on me and taught me the fundamentals. After that, I could learn anything I wanted from books checked out of the library.

Knitting is my first love in the world of crafting. It intoxicates and, paradoxically, calms the soul. Knitting has brought me my best friends. Elizabeth Zimmerman was my knitting guru and taught me to be, as she put it, "the boss of my knitting". My fondest hope would be that everyone have something in life that gives them the pleasure knitting has given me.